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VOLLEYBALL OAK GLEN TOPS THE POTTERS EAST LIVERPOOL — The Oak Glen volleyball team carried the momentum from its big tri sweep over rivals into another big rivalry showdown and earned another sweep. The Golden Bears went across the bridge to battle East Liverpool on Wednesday night and swept the Potters, 25-20, 25-23, 25-21. Leading the way for Oak Glen, now 18-7, were Mattie Carney and Mikalyn Balch with 10 kills each, Caetlyn Six wit eight kills, Naomi Ayers with five kills and Laikynn Eckleberry with four kills. Bryson Adams had 23 assists and Mikalyn Balch had 13 ...

Buckeyes look for better defensive line play

It was a joke or maybe it wasn't. When Ryan Day talked about Ohio State's defensive line's need for improvement and increased production at his weekly press conference on Tuesday he said, “We need production for sure. We're taking applications.” Kenyatta Jackson, a returning starter at defensive end, shares the team lead in sacks with linebacker Riley Pettijohn with two and has been solid in all four of the Buckeyes' games. But Zion Grady, a starter at the other defensive end spot at the beginning of the season, has missed the last two games because of an injury. And no one ...

Verse’s pressure surge is lifting the Browns pass rush

BEREA (AP) — Jared Verse is making his impact felt on the Cleveland Browns defense, even though he hasn't had a sack. The third-year edge rusher leads the Browns with nine quarterback pressures this season. He had six in last Sunday's 21-18 victory over Carolina, including three where he ...

MLB Playoff Capsules

YANKEES 9, RED SOX 2 NEW YORK (AP) — Max Fried dominated Boston in the playoffs for the second straight year, Cody Bellinger and Luis García Jr. homered, and the New York Yankees romped over the Red Sox 9-2 for a two-game AL Wild Card Series sweep. Clinging to a 2-1 lead after Willson Contreras homered to end Boston’s 26-inning postseason scoreless streak, the Yankees broke the game open with a six-run sixth after Spencer Jones reached on a wild pitch while striking out leading off — with the help of a video review. New York will face AL East champion Tampa Bay in an AL Division ...

Riders making gains headed into trip to Keyser

KEYSER — The Weir High football team may not have gotten the elusive first win last week, but they certainly showed signs of getting closer to it. After falling in a big hole early, the Red Riders battled back and had their biggest offensive output of the season in a 49-35 loss to Tyler Consolidated last Friday at home. This week, the Red Riders will look to build on what was by far their most successful offensive performance and clean up some things on defense when they make the trip south for a big test at Keyser. “It carried over into practice (Monday), the kids were ...

Huskies, Creek meet in Thursday night showdown

WINTERSVILLE — The Indian Creek and Harrison Central football teams are set to do battle once again this week, and the two teams are looking to get back into the win column. The Redskins and Huskies are set to meet at 7 p.m. tonight at Kettlwell Stadium. Indian Creek enters this week’s game coming off a 37-28 loss to Bellaire last Friday night down at Nelson Field. It was the first time the Redskins played the Big Reds on a Friday night under the lights. “We shot ourselves in the foot,” Indian Creek (3-3) head coach Andrew Connor said. “We had pre-snap penalties. We had ...